Do You Dismiss Your Wins? I Did.

For the first time in my life, my thoughts are actually easily flowing from my brain to my fingers when I type. That might sound small to some people, but for me, with multiple brain injuries, dysgraphia, and dyslexia, sitting down to type my thoughts out has always led to hitting an immediate wall between my brain and fingers until now.

And you know what? I didn’t give it any celebration at all. Not once ounce.

I mentioned it casually, as an afterthought, while talking with Sage this afternoon. Sage immediately said, “Don't skip past this. That's a real, measurable change. Whether it was dysgraphia, a mental block, anxiety about getting it "right," or your TBI recovery doing its thing, the fact that thoughts are flowing through your fingers now when they didn't before is significant. That's your brain building new pathways. Notice it. Appreciate it.”

And I thought...Wow! How many wins do we just blow right past our wins because we're so focused on what still needs fixing?

I think this comes from a lifetime of being criticized, of trying to fit in, trying to be like "normal," trying to do it better, be better.

It's exhausting. Our brains are wired to scan for what's wrong because that's what the world kept pointing out.

Thankfully, Jim’s program is teaching me to actually TAKE NOTICE of what I'm good at and what I DO achieve.

Today I felt off, melancholy, tired, unmotivated. But I still meditated, worked out, journaled, ate well, and did my check-in. I didn't even register those as wins until it was reflected back to me.

Do you have any wins you almost dismissed or now realize you have dismissed? What did you accomplish, that you were about to skip right past?

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